Golf club



C. W. BOOTH.

GOLF CLUB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6,1919- RENEWED Nov. 18,1921.

1 A1. 2 '65@ htented Apr. 11, 1922..

unrrao stares 1 W. BOOTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINQIS.

GOLF CLUB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, llll, 31922:

Application filed March 6, 1919, Serial No. 280,974. Renewed November18, 1921. Serial No. 516,250;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, C AnLns W. Boo/n1, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Golf Clubs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'golf clubs and very materially shortened.

To efiect the foregoing object, I connect the face plate of'the clubwith the weight and provide opposed bearing surfaces on the body portionof the club for said face plate and weight, so disposed with relation toeach other, that when said face plate and weight are applied to the clubthey will exert a wedging action which'will operate to draw both saidface plate and weight into very close, firm hearing with the surfaces onthe head of the club with which they are d esigned to contact,respectively, in which positions they are secured by suitable means.

A further ob ect of the invention is to provide a construction in aclubof the type specified adapted for use both in drivers and brassies?'lo'this end, I provide a metal guard plate formed integral with theface plate of the; club corresponding to the usual fibre guard platessecured to the front edges of the soles of drivers, "which will serve toprotect the edgeofthe driver and will also answer'the purposeof the soleplate used on hrassies, y p v The invention ,also comprises the. variousother features and details-of construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawinn's, in which my invention is'fullyillustrated,

Figure l is a face view ofa'cluh head embodying my invention, a I

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof.

Figure 3 ,is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a sectional view thereof taken on the line M of Fig. 11,

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the head of a driver, brassyor club. Said fitting is made of brass or other suitable metal, theparts thereof being preferably formed integral with each other. In

practice, said fitting may conveniently be formed by casting.

In the preferable construction shown, all of the component parts of saidfitting are mortised into the body portion of the club head 1 so thatthe outer surfaces thereof will be substantially continuous with thesurfaces of said club head into which they are inset, respectively, and.are so proportioned that the center of gravity of the club head will hispaubstantially in line with the shaft of the c u As shown, thehar f isconnected to the lower edges of the face plate 2 and of the weight 3,the mortises for both said face plate and weight cutting out" at thebottom edges of said club head and the lateral edges of said face plateand of the mortise therefor in the club head converge slightly andcorrespondingly from the edge of said face plate to which said bar f isconnected towards their opposite sides or edges, thus provldinz; forslipping said fitting into position on said club head from the underside.

A particular advantage of my improved club is that all of the mortisesor cut-out portions of the club head which are to receive the fitting tobe applied to the club head may be routed out by machinery in a simpleand inexpensive manner.

To provide for drawing the face plate 2 and weight 3 into desired closecontact with the surfaces on the club head with which they are designedto contact, respectively, the bearing surfaces for and of said faceplate and weight preferably diverge upwardly-that is, away from the soleof the club head or from the bar d-relatively to each other, thusforming wedging surfaces, and the distance between the bearing surfaceson said face plate and weight is so slightly less than the distancebetween the corresponding bearing surfaces on the club head, that whensaid. fitting is fully seated on the club head, a wedging action will beexelted on said face plate, and weight, which will operate, in. anobvious manner, to draw said face plate and weight into very close,strong bearing against the bearing surfaces on the club head.

When the fitting has been adjusted to the club head in themanner-described, it is then rigidly connected thereto by suitablemeans, as screws inserted through said face plate and weight, the screwinserted through said weight preferably being inserted in such mannerthat it will tend to draw the bearing surface thereon into wedging en-.gagement with its bearing surface on the club head.

A simple method of securing a desired tight fit between the opposedbearing surfaces on said face plate and weight and on the club head, isto make the angle of divergence between the bearing faces on said faceplate and weight slightly less than the angle of divergence between thebearing surfaces therefor on the club head and in making the bar 4sufficiently stifi and strong so that, when/said fitting is forced intoplace on said club head, the rigidity of said bar will resist thespreading action exerted on said face plate and weight by the bearingsurfaces on the body portion of the club head-due to the greaterdivergence of said bearing surfaces on the club head.causing said faceplate and weight to grip the bearing surfaces on said club head with astren th of engagement corresponding to the rlgidity of the bar 41.

ll claim 1. In combination with a wood golf-club head, an integral metalfitting therefor embodying a weight set in the back wall of the clubandhaving its lower edge forming a part of the bottom face of the club,a bar extending fore and aft of the club and set in the bottom face ofthe club flush with the adjacent wood bottom surface of the club, and aplate connected to the forward end of the bar and set in the bottom faceof the club flush therewith, said. plate extendhaving anupwardly-extending plate'set in the front, striking, face of the clubflush therewith. y

2. A golf club comprising a head or body portion and a fitting securedthereto, said fitting comprising a face plate secured in the face of theclub head, a weight secured to the back of the club head and a bar whichconnects the lower edges of said face plate and weight, the bearingsurfaces on said face plate and weight and the surfaces on the club headwith which they contact, respectively, diverging away from the sole ofthe club head, the relation being such that when said fitting isadjusted to said club head, the contacting surfaces on said face plateand weight and the surfaces on said club head opposed thereto; willexert a wedging action which will draw said face plate and weight intostrong engagement with their bearing surfaces on the club head,substantially as described.

3. A golf club comprising a head or body portion and a fitting securedthereto, said fitting comprising a face plate secured in the face of theclub head, a weight secured to the back of'the club head and a bar whichconnects the lower edges of said face plate and weight, the bearingsurfaces on said face plate and weight and the surfaces on the club headwith which they contact, respectively, diver ing away from the sole ofthe club head, the relation being such that when said fitting isadjusted to said club head, the contacting surfaces on said face plateand weight and the surfaces on said club head opposed thereto will exerta wedging action which will draw said face plate and weight into strongengagement with their bearing surfaces on the clubhead, the divergenceof the bearing surfaces on said face plate and weight being initiallyslightly less than the divergence of the bearing surfaces thdrefor,respectively, on the club head, substantially as described.-

In testimony that l clairn'theforegoing as my invention, ll afiix mysignature this 3rd day of March, 1919.

CHARLES W. BO0TH.-

